coolidge, vice president coolidge's father, john, and so it was early in the morning on august the 3rd, 1923. they had got a knock on the door, and the father answered the door and said, you know, what's going on, and he was informed that harding had passed away. so his father went up and woke calvin and shared the news with him, and then they went downstairs. they got dressed, went downstairs, and his father administered the oath of office to him. john coolidge was a notary public, so he felt that under the circumstances this was something that he could just sort of take care of so that our country wouldn't be without a president. and so that happened and they went back to bed, and so it was, again, a very modest, small ceremony. it was just a few reporters, a stenographer, mrs. coolidge. >> and when you mentioned mrs. coolidge, tell me a little bit about your grace grandmother, grace goodyou coolidge. >> so she was the opposite in character. she was very vivacious and fun loving. i got these stories from my mother who knew grace and was a really fun grandmother. she was described as